title: Fish oil and oxidative stress by inflammatory leukocytes.
abstract: We investigated the effects of diets with different fatty acid composition upon the oxidative stress of inflammatory leukocytes of rats. After weaning, two groups of rats were fed isoenergetic semipurified diets for five weeks containing 5% of corn oil or menhaden oil. Polymorphonuclear leukocytes from rats fed menhaden oil diet incorporated n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids into phospholipid membranes at the expense of arachidonic acid. These cells showed diminished superoxide production and, as a consequence, the total antioxidant status in the inflammatory exudate was increased. However, nitric oxide production was not affected by diet. Free malondialdeyde concentration increased in the exudate because of lower mitochondrial activity. These results add new aspects that help clarifying the anti-inflammatory mechanisms of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carbonell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ródenas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miret
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Mitjavila
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D043371:Fatty Acids, Omega-6; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D043371:Fatty Acids, Omega-6; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated